I'm stepping in as a stage manager on a show, and we're about to begin rehearsals. I haven't actually worked as an SM since I was in college, and even then -- though I always enjoyed it -- not very much. So forgive me if this is an obvious question:
I'm getting my paperwork ready, and as I make my timing chart, I was wondering -- when do you find it helpful to begin timing scenes? Do you try to get a sense of the running time even in the earliest rehearsals, or do you wait until the director starts running through the scene? If you do run thru a particular scene more than once in a rehearsal, so you time every run, or write down an average? Any other thoughts?
Thanks!